Algeria
Algeria - Arabic, Berber, French: Arabic became the official national language of Algeria in 1990, and most Algerians speak one of several dialects of vernacular Arabic. These
National Liberation Front, the only constitutionally legal party in Algeria from 1962 to 1989. The party was a continuation of the revolutionary body that directed the Algerian war of
Algerian War, war for Algerian independence from France that was fought from 1954 to 1962. The movement for independence in Algeria began during World War I (1914–18)
Abdelkader was the amīr of Mascara (from 1832), the military and religious leader who founded the Algerian state and led the Algerians in their 19th-century struggle against French
Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama, a body of Muslim religious scholars (ʿulamāʾ) who, under French rule, advocated the restoration of an Algerian nation rooted in Islamic and Arabic
Algeria - War of Independence, Revolution, Nationalism: Nationalist parties had existed for many years, but they became increasingly radical as they realized that their goals
Algeria, large, predominantly Muslim country of North Africa. Most of the population resides along the Mediterranean coast. Although an integral part of the Maghreb
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